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	Amend SB 1297 (house committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Strike the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, 
lines 19 and 20) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 2.  Section 7.176, Water Code, is amended by amending 
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following amended 
Section 7.176(a), Water Code (page 3, between lines 5 and 6), insert 
the following:
	(e)  For purposes of this section and Section 11.086, 
"surface water" means any water resulting from precipitation or 
from naturally or artificially produced groundwater as the water 
flows on the surface of the earth in sheet flow or in a natural or 
manmade conveyance until the water evaporates, flows in to a bay, 
estuary, sea, or ocean, or returns underground by recharge, 
absorption, or other natural means.